Department of Workforce Services Training Trust Fund Program

The Department of Workforce Services (DWS) Training Trust Fund Program provides for innovative training support opportunities for qualified Arkansas employers. Specifically, the DWS Training Trust Fund is primarily used to support Arkansas employers in their respective efforts to provide training for prospective, new, and incumbent workers. The benefit of the DWS Training Trust Fund is that it can be used to help fill certain gaps in skills development training that may be otherwise unavailable.

The DWS Training Trust Fund Program is coordinated with both the Arkansas Existing Workforce Training Program (EWTP), which is administered by the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, and the Arkansas Incumbent Worker Training Program (IWTP), which is administered in accordance with the Federal Workforce Investment Act by the Arkansas Workforce Investment Board.